Went to Alice the other day to get some action in with some of the stockers. Me and my buddy Jacob hit the lake from morning till about 1. We caught a handful of fish stripping olive articulated bunny leaches in about 15 ft of water. The sun came out for a while and we enjoyed a beautiful day on the lake. It was about 11:30 when my buddy Jacob hit the jackpot and landed into this monster holdover rainbow. I never got a measurement on it but it was more than likely pushing over 20 inches. I thought he had a bass on the way his rod was bent over but I was shocked to see a rainbow. Put up one heck of a fight on his Sage 4wt. Just an unbelievable day out there, and a beautiful lake. The stockers run about 7-9 inches and don't put up much of a fight but are fun to catch nonetheless. Caught about 12 fish between the two of us. Here's a picture of the rainbow Jacob landed in the shallows with the sun glistening off the water.. (We released it by the way)

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